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‖ poseur|pəʊzɜː(r)|
[F., agent-n. f. poser pose v.1: cf. prec.]
One who practises an affected mental or social attitude; an affected person. The fem. ‖ poˈseuse is also occasionally used.
1872B. Jerrold London xx. 174 ‘As one cannot go to bed in the middle of the afternoon—11.30 p.m.—it is necessary to go somewhere after the opera,’ is the declaration of a well-known poseur. 1881Contemp. Rev. May 683 The same womanish and uncontrolled poseur. 1887Athenæum 1 Jan. 34/1 The latest attitudes in literature, art, and politics are presented in a way to make poseurs of all sort either laugh or wince. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere III. xliii. 260 Poseuse, schemer, woman of the world that she was. 1893Daily News 29 Apr. 5/1 Madame de Krudener may best be regarded as the supreme ‘poseuse’ of history. 1930G. B. Shaw Apple Cart 57 If you let yourself be beaten by that trickster and poseur, never dare to approach me again. 1977Times 18 Feb. 11/3 Eleanor Bron's disastrous Elena converts that passive enchantress into an assertive Bloomsbury poseuse. 1977Time 8 Aug. 46/3 But his life as self-styled genius and unrepentant poseur continues to tantalize. |